RISMedia's Real Estate Magazine

AUG 2018

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RISMedia's REAL ESTATE August 2018 65
vital to the success of the company as it looks to pur-
chase both office and industrial buildings.
"They've created a place on the website for commercial
services, broken down into various categories (CRMs,
financial software, listing services), and word is getting
out that if you're looking for a service to help you run your
brokerage office, here's a portal that houses the services
for you," says Levison. "You can simply go to one spot
and find the services you need."
For SharedSpace, RPR's analysis helps direct Levison
toward finding new spots.
"We'd honestly be guessing when choosing a next
location if it wasn't for RPR data telling us where there's
a need and exactly how we can best market to that
particular area's demographics," says Levison.
For those not currently using RPR, Levison suggests
checking out the portal and seeing all it has to offer.
For more information, please visit www.narrpr.com.
Buyer Data: An Untapped
Asset
BUYSIDE BRIDGES THE GAP TO TURN DATA INTO
LEADS, LISTINGS AND PROFITS
by Paige Tepping
W
hile buyer data is plentiful in this day and age, most
brokers agree that it's often one of their largest un-
tapped assets. So what does it take to bridge the
gap? For the folks at The Keyes Company in Miami, Fla. (No.
30 in sales volume in RISMedia's 2018 Power Broker Report),
the answer is Buyside—a data science and marketing solution
whose mission is to turn data into leads, listings and profits.
"Brokers across the board have leads coming in from
various sources—whether it be a traditional customer
referral or an online lead generation platform—and while
the data is plentiful, knowing how to use that data and
successfully match it up is where the true magic oc-
curs," says Wendi Iglesias, chief information officer at
The Keyes Company.
And that's just what Buyside does.
"Buyside is able to quickly digest all the data we get
from online leads, in addition to the information entered
manually by our agents, and tell us which listings match
with specific buyers, as well as the number of buyers
looking for a specific type of property," adds Iglesias.
This capability has helped The Keyes Company generate
over 1,032 seller leads year-to-date from the Buyside
platform.
But the benefits don't end there. In fact, while the firm
is experiencing phenomenal results when it comes to
generating seller leads, there's a lot of potential in other
areas, as well—all of which translate to being able to
"Buyside is able to quickly digest all
the data we get from online leads, in
addition to the information entered
manually by our agents, and tell us
which listings match with specific buyers,
as well as the number of buyers looking
for a specific type of property."
- WENDI IGLESIAS
Chief Information Officer, The Keyes Company